On April 15th, 2013, the Tsarnaev brothers set off a homemade bomb at the Boston Marathon that wound up killing 3 and wounding more than 260 runners and spectators. One of them, Rebekah Gregory, had to undergo 35 operations and lose...

Sian Ka'an is an extraordinary UNESCO tropical nature reserve along Mexico's Carribean coastline, but the currents that pass by this area bring garbage from all over the world to the shores of this paradise. Alejandro Duran, an artist working in Brooklyn,...

Kyle Schwartz, a third grade teacher from Denver, Colorado, cracked the code and unlocked the secret stories of her students' lives. 92% of the pupils at Doull Elementary School rely on a subsidized lunch program, just one sign of the hardships...

An owl that likes to land on people's heads has rocketed a small Dutch town to fame. Menno Shaefer, a 48-year-old from Zaandam, Netherlands, managed to document this friendly 6lb (2.7kg) European Eagle Owl as it tried to roost on the heads...

In the latest strange and whimsical example of Japanese kitchen artistry, dams throughout Japan have begun offering visitors 'damukare,' a special Japanese rice and curry dish. In damukare, the rice is shaped into a mighty dam that protects the diner's dry...

I started this series of self portraits in the early years of my photo career, when I began to face what seemed to be universal pressure to hurry up and “make it happen,” before I shriveled into a “Spinster.” It seemed...

Last week, professional Zimbabwean big-game hunter Ian Gibson was trampled by a young bull elephant after spending 5 hours tracking it for an American hunting client. The 55-year-old approached the elephant to measure its ivory when his client had stopped to...

Our society discards a lot of electronics, as they are rendered obsolete almost every day, but artists like Julie Alice Chappell, based in the UK, are there to pick up the pieces and turn them into beautiful recycled art. In her...

Unfortunately, most of us probably won't get to see space within our lifetimes, but there are plenty of cool space interior décor items that will help us feel like daring astronauts. These cosmic household items will let you explore distant planets,...

'This is your brain on drugs'. This infamous slogan from a 1990s D.E.A. anti-drug P.S.A. became the tongue-in-cheek title of a series of posters that I designed for a psychology project. Shortly after I completed it and posted it for feedback,...